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G..D. ANDERSON Combined Whip and Rein Holder.

No. 224,982. Patented Mar. 2, 1880.,

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GEORGE D. ANDERSON, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

COMBINED WHIP AND REIN HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 224,982, dated March 2,1880.

Application filed December 19, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE D. ANDERSON, ofOakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Whip Sockets and Rein-Holders Combined,of which the following is a specification.

The invention consists of a divided whipsocket pivoted at the lower endand provided with guides at the upper. A serrated reinholder is pivotedto one side of the socket, and the parts are held together by an elasticband.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of referenceindicate like parts, Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the socketclosed. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the socket as it appears whenthe whip and reins Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional permanently fixed to theupper end of the part an outwardly-extending or beveled lip, H, which,together with the projection H at the top of the socket part A, forms aguide for entering the reins when this part is used for a rein-holder.

The sides of the slot and the inner face of the arm are serrated orprovided with teeth I I, which serve to hold the reins firmly when thearm is shut against the socket part.

An elastic band, J, surrounds the Whole, and is held in place by thestaples ac, and thus makes not only the socket expansible, but also therein-holder, by one and the same band. Clips b I) serve to fasten thedevice to the vehicle.

By this means a cheap and effective whipsocket and rein-holder combinedis had.

Having thus described my invention, what ing against like serrations orteeth on the face

